Film Screening and Q&A: The Yes Men Are Revolting FilmScene (via The Bijou Theatre) — Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 3 p.m. (Free) Using humorous deceptions to get their political points across, the Yes Men have regularly made headlines since they joined forces in 1999. Today, Mike Bonanno and his partner in crime, Andy Bichlbaum, bring […]
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6 Must-See Movies at the 2015 Landlocked Film Festival
The Landlocked Film Festival — now in its 9th year of operation in Iowa City — prides itself on bringing independent, short and feature length films from all over the world to the heartland. This year the Iowa City Public Library, The Englert Theatre and FilmScene will each host screenings during the festival, which runs August 14-16. Here are six can’t-miss picks from the lineup…
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Jesse Kreitzer unearths the past in Black Canaries
Filmmaker Spotlight: Jesse Kreitzer FilmScene — Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m. Walking in the soot-covered footsteps of gothic pioneer film There Will Be Blood, Black Canaries looks to be a cinematic distillation of realism, turmoil and The American Dream. Set in the 1900’s railroad days of Iowa, the film follow the lives of a […]
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Talking Movies: Reel talk on film festivals
I’ve begun to have mixed emotions about film festivals. I used to love them without reservation. I still love them, but with a few reservations. Take the Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, known as IC Docs, which is exclusively focused on short documentaries, at the Adler Journalism Building (Room 105) on April 10 and 11…
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How to Mission Creek: A guide to Saturday and Sunday
Hopefully, you’ve been Mission-Creeking-it-up all week (seriously, Amen Dunes! Silver Apples! Real Estate! Freddie Gibbs! How to Dress Well! Foxygen!), but if not, there’s still enough music, film and literature to satiate your soul for weeks — all happening in just one weekend.
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‘Iowa Screendance’ brings female perspective to an evolving art form
Screendance is a visual artform that combines elements of live dance performance, post-production and cinematography to create works that couldn’t exist…
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Talking Movies: ‘Two Days, One Night’ takes a hard look at how financial hardship can shatter group solidarity
Lessons that we can immediately ascertain from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s intriguing film Two Days, One Night include the following: sometimes the…
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Highlights of the documentaries featured in FilmScene’s FLAM series
As a treat to lovers of the arts this holiday season, FilmScene, in partnership with the Bijou and Mission Creek, is presenting the FLAM series, a week-long celebration…
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Mission Creek announces first round of events and headliners for 2015
Our friends over at Mission Creek have been busy curating another impressive event list for 2015. The festival is celebrating its tenth birthday and will…
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Talking Movies: Snowden documentary ‘Citizenfour’ raises uncomfortable questions
It’s no surprise that right-wing national-security types think that Edward Snowden is a traitor. But it’s been interesting to hear prominent mainstream…
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Interstellar: Finding director Fritz Lang’s influence on Nolan’s new space epic
Director Christopher Nolan has a knack for drawing people into the theater in an age when many can’t be bothered. His latest film Interstellar, promises big-screen…
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John Wick: Keanu Reeves is back with a vengeful…vengeance
The newest Keanu Reeves vehicle, John Wick, is as slick and sleek as the car driven by the titular protagonist. Throughout the 90-minute super-cut of fights and deaths brought on by murder of Wick’s dog and theft of his ’69 Mustang, the bloody fantasy delivers exactly what it promises — with a vengeance.
